Vetiver for Land Restoration

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Hermann Guenther Elementary School

Due to the lack of knowledge of the local population
on VS and its applications in infrastructure protection, natural disaster
alleviation and pollution control, Paulo Rogerio, TVNI Coordinator for Southern
Brazil, has sponsored a program at the Hermann Guenther Elementary
School in Pomerode, Sainta Caterina State, Brasil. Paulo will give talks to the
students and donate Vetiver supplied from Sao Paulo to the school. The aim
of this program is to introduce the VS and its various applications to the
young kids so that they will have a full appreciation of the Vetiver System at
an early age.

The students are interested in testing the effectiveness of VS in
cleaning up the polluted water of the local Ribeirao Clara Creek.

Mrs Rosinete Pickler, the Director of
the school is very supportive of this program and she has encouraged the class teacher Miss Simoni Cristiani to work closely with Mr Rogerio on
this program. Miss Simoni Cristiani is so interested
in the project that she is considering of going to the coming Colombian
Vetiver Conference in October 2013